RSM-56 Bulava Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (Infographics)

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On August 24^th, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had successfully tested two nuclear-capable ballistic missiles from two submarines in the Circumpolar region.

The Sineva, a liquid-fueled intercontinental missile, was fired from the Tula submarine, while a Bulava, Russia’s newest solid-fueled missile, was launched from the Yury Dolgoruky submarine, the ministry said.

The missiles hit targets at training grounds in the northern Arkhangelsk region and on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East

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